f.1 Gratiani Decretum
Humanum genus duobus regitur.
A handsome initial: leaf and branch work, flanked by two beasts on their hind legs.
Copious marginal notes on f.1. The initials to the later divisions mostly in blue and gold.
Ends f.158b: nisi quod uiderit patrem facientem.
On f.159b are many notes and scribbles.
The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts
O.5.17
| Shelfmark | O.5.17 |
|---|---|
| Manuscript Title | Gratian, Decretian |
| Alternative Title | Gratiani Decretum |
| James Number | 1298 |
| Century | 13th |
| Physical Description | Double columns of 60 lines. In a fine close English hand. |
| Provenance | Part of the Gale collection, given to T.C.C. by Roger Gale in 1738. Marked A. 19. From Bradenstoke Priory, Hants. On the flyleaf at the end isLiber Canonicorum S. Marie de Bradenestok (xiv)and on the versoIste liber constat bradestoke. |
| Religious House | Bradenstoke, Hampshire, Augustinian Priory |
| Donor | Gale, Roger (1672-1744), Antiquary |
| Size (cm) | 38.5 x 27.5 |
| Folio | 159 + 4 ff. |
| Material | Parchment |
| Collation | 2 flyleaves. 18 210 32 42 56 64 7? (four left) 86 98 (canc.)-128 138 (wants 1)-178 (7 canc.) 186 198 208 (wants 1?) 218 (wants 1) 228 238 (wants 5) 246 (wants 6). 2 flyleaves. |
| IIIF Manifest URL |  https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/O.5.17/manifest.json |
| Online Since | 02/02/2018 |
Contents
Bibliography
Ker, N. R., Medieval Libraries of Great Britain, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks 3, 2nd edn (London, 1964)
Tierney, B., Foundations of the Conciliar Theory: the contribution of the medieval canonists from Gratian to the Great Schism (Cambridge, 1955)
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